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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
ChIvalry Out West.
Dayton. Ner., Neacs Reporter.

Dayton, Ner., Nescs Reporter.
Scene-Strawberry festival; portly
merchant .ianciDg quadrille with good
looking young lady. Enter Carson
river cowboy just as caller cries
grand right and left" Cowboy
stands in and at end of change finds
himself standing with portly mer-
chants partner. Portly merchant
unceremoniously crowds cowboy out
of his place. Cowboy stands back
and deliberately sizes up portly mer-
chant. Comes to sshe conclusion that
portiy merchant would be too much
for him at close quarters. Cowboy
throws his sombrero on the floor,
bitches up his pants, thrusts his right
hand into the rear pocket thereof, and
in a loud voice thus delivers himself
"Partner. I corraled that air heifer.
She are a maverick; leastwise you
hain't got no rope on her. Now, ]
Just reckon III gallop with her durin'
The balance of this 'ere roundup
Light out, or I'll set my old forty'fve
g barkin." Portly merchant con
eludes :hat discretion is the better
part of vslor, and sits down. Music
! starts up and cowboy finishes the
..oa,lop'' with the 'heifer" of his
! choice.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
A Gallant Man.
From the Manchester Times.

FROM tHC 4UQHCtSStcI "Gco.
An old war veteran, who had been
through half dozen campaigns and
was not very particular about what
he ate, was invited out to swell
dinner party. He sat almost oppo-
site the hostess and was painfully
conscious that every move ne made
could be observed by her. Sudden.
ly, at the height of the festivities
the veteran came across catterpll'
lar in his salad. A furtive glance at
the hostess disclosed tue fact that
she, too, had discovered the embar-
RAISING circumstance. 1t was crit
ical moment, but the old soldier was
equal to the occasion. Without
changing a muscle he gathered up
the caterpillar with o forkful OF
salad and swallowed both. The look
of gratitude which he received from
his hostess q few minutes later
ETarmed the very cookies Of his heart
In due time tie story leaked ont
and when somebody asked the
old canpaigner how he Liked
Caterpillar salad, the reply came
like hot shot, DO you take
me Tor man who would spoil s din
ner party for little thing like a cat
terpillar2"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
When the Emperor Dies.
Mem York Herald.


The death of the Emperor William
will be a serious calamity to the
whole Continent of Europe. No
more wars till I am gone" has been
his constant warning to Bismarck.
When the Franco-Prussian conflict
was over he determined to force q
peace that would last during his life
time at least.
He cannot live much longer, For
some years he has been growing
manifestly weaker, and the fact is
not to be concealed that at any time
now be may quietly pass into history.
Until within few weeks it has been
his custom to show himself at one of
the windows of the palace at noon
each day. It was the signal for
great cheering by the assembled
crowd, But he ia now very feeble,
aud, although better than a few days
ago, must husband his little remain
ing strength with great economy:
After his death Europe will be
filled with possibilities and probabil'
tiles. Nobody is RASH enough to
make a prediction. 1t suffecs that
Russia, Germany, Austria, France
and England may at any time, if not
all at the same time, resemble runa
way teams, and under such circum
stances accidents are pretty sure to
happen. But to whom Ah, that's
kthe question,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
An Evangelist Sentenced to the Chain
gang for Vagrancy.
Sarannah Times.


C. II. Overman, the St. Paul evan.
gelist, was sentenced to the chain.
gang by Judge Harden to-day for
thirty days. Overman has a certain
amount of sbrewdness, but would be
taken for a crank nine times out of
ten. He admitted that he had been
preaching on the streets without a
permit from the mayor, and he de-
clarcd that he did not intend to get
one. Had he acted differently, he
would have been allowed to leave the
city. He denied being vagrant,
saying that he had two visible means
of support-the profession of preach
ing and an aggregate capital of thirty
cents, which he remarked was enough
to support him for FIVE days.
I'VE do not know anything of you
and cannot tell whether you are
sincere or not" remarked his honor
addressing Overman. "What do you
propose to do if We turn you loose.
Will you leave the city ?"
II will do whatever God orders me
to do"
"How long will it take you to find
that out?"
Il will learn as soon IS I get out
of this court"
Some further questions we're asked
him, but he would not give direct
answers, and he was sent to the chain.
gang where he will have an oppor'
tunity to preach to the convicts. A
Times reporter wanted to interview
the prisoner, but he got mad and
cursed everybody within the city
limits and threatened the town with
terrible vengeance.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
President McBryde Will Stay.
Special to augusta Chronicle.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. June 22,-Before
the graduates of the South Carolina
College bade their fond and last fare
we'll to their alma mater, they to-
night in the library building partici-
pate in the grandest ball ever given
by the students of this renowned in
stitution.
The order of exercises as an
nounced was attended this morning
by the elite of the city, and the
chapel was crowded by friends Of the
students and institution anxious to
hear the speeches of the announced
orators and listen to the burning elo-
uuence of the Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker, IL. D.. Of Lexington, Va. :
Just before the presenting Of de-
grees Governor Richardson came for.
ward and in beautiful words impart-
ed the information that President
McBryde had concluded to remain in
Columbia as president cfthe institu'
ton which he has so faithfully served
for a number Of years. This an
nouncement was received with wave
of patriotic and deafening applause
by the audience. This information
will set at ease the great anxiety OF
many and devoted friends of the col
lege who at one time thought the loss
of President McBryde was a fact,
and the news will undoubtedly carry
much joy to thelhearts of those who
are interested in the welfare and
progress Of the "old college,"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Twenty.three Days Without Food.
YorkciUe Enquirer, 22nd.

Mr.. Bales, the mail carrier on the
route from this place to Bullock's
Creek, informed US yesterday even.
ing that Mrs. Good, an aged lady
living in the Bullock's Creek neigh
borhood, was stricken With paralysis
on the Both of last month, since
which time, q period of twenty.three
days, including yesterday, she has
eaten no food of any kind, and taken
no nourishment except an occasional
sip of water or coffee. Mrs. Good is
the grandmother of Johnnie Lee
Good, the little boy who was ruth
lessly murdered last November.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Peculiar Customs Of Johanna.
From the Boston Journal.

The Island Of Johanna, Comoro
Islands, has some very peculiar Gus
toms. The natives are jet.black, but
neat and clean. The girls after mar
riage are not allowed out on the
streets at all and can see no one but
their husbands. Rich men are allowed
four wives, poor men one. When a
poor man gets poorer he can sell a
half-share in his wife for so much
money. regulated by law. A native
belle, before her marriage, makes a
fine display on the fashionable streets
of Johanna in this riga red.calico
Mother Hubbard gown, printed with
pattern of banana leaves, reaching
to her knees-no shoes or stockings
and for headgear, wide-rimmed,
blue china teacup, worn with the
handle on one side for convenience of
taking off. Friends of the temperance
cause might find a realization of their
fondest hopes and dreams in Johanna,
one of the Comoro Islands. The
vice of drunkenness is wholly IN
known there. In all Johanna no one
but the consul is allowed to have
any alcoholic liquors. Any one else,
no matter who, found with any in his
possession, is Immediately, with all
his family and all his relatives,
thrown into jail and his house burnt
to the ground. And this is an island
where there is not a single mission
ary, and the inhabitants are all
Mohammedans.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Greenvi1le's New Cotton Mili.
Special to atlanta Consultation.

GREENvnLE, S. c., June 22.-For
several days there has been consid:
erable interest here over the prospect
of new cotton mill. Capitalists in
Boston, deening this the best location
in the Piedmont belt for mill, have
been negotiating with Colonel H. P.
Hammett, the president of the Pied
mont mills at Piedmont and the
Camperdown cotton r1ills here, with
the view of obtaining his consent to
manage the new mill. Colonel Ham.
NETT, after consulting with scyeralin-
auential friends here, has given his;
consent to act as desired, and the
mill is now an assured fact. It will !
be built just outside the city limits,
near the fair grounds, alongside the
track of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company. A half million
dollars will be invested, one hundred
thousand Of which will be contributed
by local stockholders, and the balance
will come from Boston and other
Northern cities. The mill will oper.
ate about twenty-five thousand spin.
dies and about six hundred looms.
It will manufacture plain cloth, and
is expected to give employment 70
about six hundred hands. Colonel
Hammett thinks that in short time
after beginning operations he will
have town Of some fifteen hundred
inhabitants. It is the purpose of the
company to retain all its land for the
convenience of its operatives, giving
to each tenement a good garden plot.
No store will be erected on the land
of the company, and most Of the
trade, therefore, from the mill people
will come to the city merchants.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
A City Sinking.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, June 24.-The
people of the west end of the city
we're alarmed this morning by a vic.
lent shock of the earth's surface.
Lamps were thrown from shelves and
bric.a-brac strewn upon floors. The
excited residents rushed into the
streets to learn the cause Of the dis
turbance. The Kohinoor Coal Mine
is under this section of the city, and
a cave.in was imminent. A World
reporter visited the scene to-day and
found thirty-fve families busily en-.
gagged in removing their household
effects. There are four large cracks on
the surface, about $50 feet long. Two
of them at some points are Is inches
wide. An area of $4,000 square feet
has sunk from 4 inches to 2 feet, and
about two hundred buildings are af-
fected. twenty-five on a line with
these rents are torn asunder. The
foundations of half o hundred build.
ings have been shattered, and in
many cases the framework Of the
houses is pulled asunder.
The great squeeze is looked upon
as warning for residents to vacate
that undermined portion of the city.
The whole surface is liable to fall
into the mine at any moment. The
cave.in is attributable to heavy rains
here during the past two weeks. The
earth is still cracking and sinking
slowly, and is expected to give way
at any moment. IL other parts OF
the city boring machines have been
at work for months past sinking
holes from the surface into the mine,
with view Of filling the excavations
with fine coal-dust packed by water.
1t is thought by engineers that this
means will prevent cave.ins. The
boring machine will be at once erect
ed in the vicinity of the sinking ter
ritory and worked day and night with
view of preventing the surface from
going into the depths below.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30

which not many years sgo re echoed
with the clang of contending cannon.
We have, moreover, an American at
the head of the American people. an
American in his aspirations, his SIM
plicity, his stubbornness, his want OF
pretence; American in what he knows
as we'll as what he does not know
who believes absolutely in the Ameri-
can nation, and does not care much
about any Other; American in his
weakness as we'll as his strength,
with the people and of them, no bet
ter and no worse-the embodiment
of their common sense.
Why should We change? France
had her time of stress and storm-an
upheayal of classes, civil war, dynas'
ties overthrown, the guillotine en-
enthroned, invasion, bankruptcy,
chaos. In her agony she swept from
one faction to smother until, in sheer
exhaustion from terror, weakness and
despair. she fell from the blood
stained hands of the Jscobin into the
blood stained hands of the Bona
partes-from the assassin with the
knife to the assassin with the
sword. She had her opportunity
when under the benefcent sway of
the Gironde, her councils ruled by
the austere wisdom of Roland and
the chaste eloquence of Vergniaud,
of winning that liberty with peace
and honor which was not to come for
generations, even if it has come to.
day. France threw her supreme op'
portunity away before the sinister
temptation of Jacobinism.
The United States, under the Pres.
idency of Cleveland, is in the po'
sition France would have maintained
if she had accepted the Girondists.
The lesson of that refusal is too ter.
r;ble for US not to profit by the ex'
ample.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Swindling a Lottery.

HAVANA, June 22.-The Royal
Havana Lottery, after the last draw
ing, was mulcted to the amount Of
s85, 900 through counterfeit fraction.
al portions of a ticket bearing thff
number drawing the capital priz
The capital prize called for s20o,VaO.
The forgery was not discoveredSn
til after the above amount haHbeen
paid ont. Active efforts are :. sossss
made to discover the perpetratos-TSf
TIE swindle-
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
A.Threatened Famine

CoNsrANr1SoPLE, June 22.-There
has been a failure Of crops in Asa
Minor, and other districts OF Aoana
and Kntahia are threatened with
famine. An American missionary,
Mr.. Montgomery, says that the peo-
n1e of these districts are already IN
great distress. The sultan held g
Cabinet council to. day to discuss the
snbiect, and dispatched q commls-
sioner 70 institute measures OF retlef,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Beecher's Mantle Not Yet Bestowed.

New YORK, June 22.-The report
that Rev. Charles E. Stowe will be
called to the pastorate of Plymouth
Church is denied. The congregation
is pleased with him, but are looking
out for some one else-people say
DR.. Reun Thomas, of Brookline, Mass.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Blackwcod Convicted and Sentenced

AUGUSTA, Ca, June 22.-The case
of F. A. Blackwood, the noted Caro-.
lima forger, has at last been disposed
of and he will serve nine years in
Dade coal mines or at some other
place where convict labor is worked
in Georgia.
The court room was crowded with
spectators when the case was called
this morning. At the opening Of the
court Judge Roney appointed Mr.. F.
". Capers to represent the prisoner.
Sollcitor-General Boykin Wright rep
resented the State. Blackwood, upon
being arraigned, plead guilty upon
three indictments. The checks were
forged upon Mr.. T. P. Branch, and
cashed by Mrs. Eliza Fogarty, to the
amount of SO. He also procured
$50 from J. P. McNally. The third
offence WAS for trying to purchase
s95 worth of jewelry from Mr.. A. J..
Renkl on a forged check, which was
discovered before Blackwood could
carry the goods of.
After the plea of guilty was made,
Mr.. Capers made short and touch
ing speech, asking for mercy at the
hands Of the court, and eliciting much
sympathy sor the prisoner.
After Mr.. Capers concluded the
judge commanded Blackwood to
stand up, and his sentence was de-
livered. The Judge said that the
punishment for each ofense was
from two to ten years in the peniten-
itentiary. He did not give him the
full extent prescribed, but for each
ofense he sentenced Blackwood to the
penitentiary for three years, making
his term at hard labor nine years.
Thus ended without trial, and in a
few minutes, the celebrated inter.
state issue and the cases against the
| forger, F. a. Blackwood.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Two Pictures Of the War.
atlanta Constitution.


While the politicians were raising
a sulphurous.racket over the Confed-
crate battle flags, the boys who did
the fighting on both sides were hay
ing a good time in Boston. AS the
Richmond veterans were marching
home their Boston friends yelled :
Hello, Johnny, got any tobacco you
want to swap for coffee p and every
time the answer came back: Call
right, yank, pass over the coffee p
And then. everybody laughed and
cheered.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Horrible Death Of a Young Lady.

RALEIGH, n. c., June 24.-Miss
Rosenthal was run oyer BY the fast
mail on the ATLANTIC Coast Line, and
killed last evening, She was riding
in 8 buggy with young man.
The horse became unmanageable and
backed upon toe track before an sd'
vancing train. The young man
jumped out, the better to manage
him, and the young lady jumped on
the other side, fell on the track and
was caught by the train. Both OF
her legs were cut of above the knee,
and she died in an hQ9r.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
THE THREE C'S.
Charlotte Falling into Line--The Work
on the Main Line.
Charlotte Chronicle, 18th instant.

A meeting was held in the rooms
of the Merchants and Farmers Ma
tional Bank yesterday to confer with
parties from South Carolina and
Steel Creek township, in reference to
the proposed railroad from Augusta,
Ga, via Edgefeld, Newberry, Union,
Yorkville and Bethel, S. c.; Steel
Creek and Charlotte, n. c.
Gen. r. Barriuger vas made chair
man and John Vanlandingham, Sec
retary.
The object Of the meeting was ex-
planned by Mr.. J. II. Wellington, Of
Charlotte, and DR.. T. w. Campbell,
of York.
After some discussion, which
showed that the business men of
Charlotte wanted more outlet, the fol-
lowing was offered by Mr.. J. H. Wed
dington and was unanimously
adopted:
Resolced, That We sympathize with
the proposed road from Augusta to
Newberry, Union Yorkville and Beth
ell, South Carolina, and Steel Creek
and Charlotte, North Carolina, and
that committee Of six from
Charlottee, two each from Steel
Creek, Bethel, Bullock's Creek and
Cross Keys, one each from Pinkney
and Mount Tabor, and four each
from Union and Yorkville, be ap
pointed to confer with the authorities
of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad, and ascertain
what will be required of the people
along the proposed line to make
Charlotte the terminus Of said road,
and that the said committee be au-
thorized to cali a general meeting at
Charlotte at as early a day as prac-
ticable.
The committee was appointed and
will meet at later day.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
Torhville Enquirer, June 22nd.
We met yesterday, Col. Kirby,
who is the principal contractor for
the grading from Yorkville to Salem
Church, in Lancaster County, dis
tance of 55 miles. and he reports sat-
isfactory progress on all his work.
Mr.. J. E, McIntire, of the firm of
Smith & Ripley, in the timber part
of construction, and having full con.
troll of the bridge construction be-
tween Blacks and Camden, passed
through Yorkville last Monday on
tour of inspection. He is an exten.
sive bridge contractor, having con-
tracts now in course Of ful6llment on
several roads, among them the Atchi-
son, Topeka, and Santa Fe. His
principal Office is in Buffalo, N. 7.
One of the contractors near Cam
den having had much trouble with
negro laborers, has sent for Italians
to take their places. The testimony
of contractors between Blacks and
Rock Hill-the majority of them
Northern men and professional rail-
road builders-is to the effect that
the negro is the best laborer they
have ever employed. They say,
"treat him kindly, pay him what is
promised and he will do faithful
work"
The Johnson City, Tenn, Comet
of Thursday says: ''Gen. j. T..
Wilder returned from New York
yesterday morning and went up to
Roam Mountain in the afternoon.
He has been attending meeting of
the directors of the c.. G. & C. road
reports every thing all right and pro-
crossing favorably for johnson City.
He says dirt will he broken in John
son City in 60 days"
It is said that there are now about
5000 men employed on the line, in
the States of kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia and South Carolina.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Some Spoons Yet Missing.
atlanta Constitution.

Editor Dana's Benny Butler is
very mad about the flags. He says
the South has already received back
nearly everything the Federals cap.
'tured. Well, there's missing spoon
or two and some silver doorplates
but, really, these amout to nothing.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Coming to Stay,
Itorlriue Enquirer, 22nd.

Mai. Jno. F. Jones, general super
intendent of the Charleston, Cincin-
natl and Chicago Railroad has built
8 handsome residence at Blacks and
moved bis family intoit.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30

When he is at home Editor Pulitzer
gives the British aristocracy fits, but
when he is on the other side Of the
water he manages to swell around
with the very swellest Of the lot
Ea4tla tituzion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

road to San Luis Obispo A large body of men
at work on the extension of the Pacific
Coast railway from Los Alamos.
Three carloads of California school teachers
are route east in charge of George T. Watts
of the Union Pacific. The party numbers nearly
$50 persons.
The Erie road is improving its road bed, max
ing it according to the Pennsylvania railroad
standard. Some old ties taken out were laid
when the road was broad gauge
The Connecticut Legislature is preparing to
antagonize the spirit of the interstate law, the
bill prohi biting railway companies from issuing
free passes 10 any but employees having been I'M
favorably reported
Work is to be commenced a road from
Astoria. Ore, to Forest Grove. distance of 10
miles The rails for the road are on their
way from England, and contracts for the equip
ment, to be built in this country, will soon be
let
The new bridge over the Tay river was opened
for freight business on the 4ih of this month and
for passenger traffic the 18th. The first
passenger train carried all the directors of the
North British railway. The Tay bridge that fell
in 1879 81. $50. 900, while the present
ure estimated cost So $50, O00 really cost very
nearly 100000. The contract let TO
Messrs Arrol & Son, of Glasgow, November,
1881. but the work was not actually started until
June, 1882. The new bridge has a total length
Of 10, $50 feet, with eightysix piers.